Galley mechanism for typographical composing-machines.



H. PEARCE & J. E. BILLINGTO-N. GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICALGOMPOSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 190B.

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H. PEARCE & J E. BILLINGTON. GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICALOOMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11 1908.

HERBERT PEARCE AND JOHN ERNEST BILLINGTON, OF BROADHEATH, ENGLAND.

GALLEY MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING-MACHIN ES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

Application filed May 11, 1908. Serial No. 432,235.

To all whom ttmay concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT PEARCE and JOHN ERNEST BILLINGTON, subjectsof the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, andresiding at Lino.- type and Machinery Works, Broadheath, in the countyof Chester, England, have mvented new and useful Improvements in theGalley Mechanism of Typographical Composing-Machines, of which thefollowlng 1s a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements 1n typographical machines such aslinotype machines, and, for convenience of illustration, it ishereinafter described in connection with a linotyp'e-"f' machine of theclass described inatheijspecification of Letters Patent No. 436532.

Since the date of the just named patent, means have been devised foradapting the linotype machine, at each cycle of lts operat-ions, to casta series of disconnected short measure linotypes of relatively variablemeasures and suitable for the printing of tabular matter, and it is tomachines thus or similarly operating that the present inventionparticularly applies. In this lastnamed class of machine, no provisionhas heretofore been made for enabling the said machine to be adjustedfor keeping apart, that is to say, preventing the pieing of, thelinotypes of the several relatively variable measures which the machinemay be called upon to cast.

The present invention aims at overcoming the aforesaid difficulties byproviding the galley with a series of'adju'stable galleries or shelves;the spring-pressed linotype guide plate, between the trimming knives andga l ley, with a corresponding number of adjustable shelves or guides;and theh-notype lever .with a corresponding number of adjustable pushersor fingers. By these means the several shelves, guides and pushers maybe adjusted to suit any desired series of linotypes which the machinemay cast at each of its cycles.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings which are to be taken as part of this specification and readtherewit In these drawings Figure l is a front elevation of apparatusconstructed according to the present invention; Fig. 2 is an elevationas seen from the right-hand sideof Fig. 1, but with part of theapparatus removed; Flg. 3 is a plan of'part of the apparatus shown inFig. 1; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line l-l of Fig. 1, lookingfrom the right hand side of that figure; Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionof part of the apparatus, taken about on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; andFig. 6 is a plan-of one of the ad ustable shelves detached from thegalley.

n carrylng the invention into practice in the manner represented in thedrawings,

each of the shelves 1, other than the lowest shelf .2 (which latter isthe normal fixed one) is provided with two rearward extensions 3, Fig.6, capable of sliding in verplate 5, and capable of being secured in anysuch position of vertical adjustment by two clamps 6 one above and theother below the said rearward extension, the clamps 6 being themselvessecured in position by screwing the nuts 7 thereof, tightly against theback of the plate 5. The front upturned edge of each shelf 1 isprovidedwith two screws 8 in sliding engagement with two vertlcally slottedstandards 9. -These standards are preferably formed, each in two partsor two symmetrical vertical halves 1 pivoted to the lowest shelf 2 byscrews 10,

and capable of being moved apart (by being turned upon these screws asaxes) so as to release the screws 8, for enabling the shelves to beremoved from, and placed in position in, the galley,'to provide'for thereception of less or more short-measure linotypes. The two separableparts of each standard 9 are normallyv held together by a. clamp 11which is slid over or-caused to embrace the upper ends thereof, andisretained in such position of engagement by a screw and nut 12 whichsecure it to a" bracket 13 fast to the top plate .14 of the galley. Thebrackets 13, as shown in Fig.

out of engagement with the upper ends of the standards 9. to enable thetwo separable parts of each of the latter to be moved apart or broughttogether as before mentioned.

Each of the shelves 1 and 2 is preferably provided with a resistant 15suitably consisting of a piece of metal having abent-up end. Thehorizontal or base portion slides along in contact with the shelf, whilethe bent-up end is presented to the incoming tical slots 4, Figs. 3 and4, in the back 1, are slotted so that when the screws 12 are loosened,the clamps 11 may be raised 1 nnotypcs accumulate thereon, the necessaryresistance to the sliding movementof the resistants being provided bythe springs 16 attached to the latter and bearing against the undersideof the shelf 1 next above it or, in the case of the uppermost of suchresistants 15, against the underside of the top plate 14. Each of theshelves 1 and 2 may moreover be provided with a spring-controlled gate17 at its receiving end which, like those hitherto provided for thepurpose, would yield in the event of a linotype, entering the galley,engaging the rear edge of another one already on the galley. The gates17 are in effect hinged end portions of the front upturned edges of theshelves, springs being employed for normally alining such hingedportions or gates with their respective upturned edges.

The horizontal shelves or guides18 secured to the before-mentionedspring plate 19 are attached to it by screw and slot connections 20which readily admit of the said shelves being detached therefrom andvertically adjusted thereon; these shelves or guides 18- extendrearwardly between the .trimming knives 21 to keep the respectivelinotypes apart while they are being forced between the said knives,these rearward extensions being of reduced thickness, as compared withthe parts directly attached to the spring plate 19, as shown best inFig. 5, so as to present no hindrance'to the movement of the said platewhen the latter is ressed back by the linotypes moving past it. Thepushers or fingers 22 are attached with a capacity for ready detachmentfrom an adjustment on-the linotype lever 23,

for which purpose the said lever may be formed with a slot 24 and eachpusher 22 be ada ted to traverse the said slot and be secure at any parttherwf by a nut 25.

, 26, Fig. 2, is the ejector which is slotted or divided to avoidcontacting with the shelves orguides 18 (and which forms no part of thepresent invention), and 27 are a series of linotypes represented asbeing acted upon by the said ejector and just about to be pushed betweenthe trimming knives 21.

We claim,

1. In a typographical machine, a galley shelf, a set of vertical frontsupporting guides for said shelf, a set of vertical rear supportingguides for said shelf, adjustable clamping means adapted to grip oneside of said shelf and hold it to one of said sets of sets ofguides,adjustable rests forthe opposite sides of said shelves adapted to beclamped in desired positions on each member of the other of said sets ofguides, and

means on said shelves adapted to engage said rests.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination with a galley adapted toreceive linotypes, a plura ity of shelves adjustable thereon, eachadapted to receive a shortmeasure linotype, means whereby the saidshelves may be raised and lowered and secured in any such adjustedposition, and a linotype lever adapted to swing in front of the galleyshelves, of a plurality of linotype pushers adjustably attached to thelinotype lever and each adapted to push one of the short-measurelinotypes along its respective galley shelf.

l. In aktypographical machine, the combination of a galley adapted toreceive linotypes, a plurahty of shelves adjustable thereon, eachadapted to receive ashort-measure linotype, means whereby the saidshelves may be raised and lowered and secured in any such adjustedposition, linotype trimming knives, a spring-pressed plate between thetrimming knives, a plurality of shelves adjust-ably attached to the saidplate, and adapted to keep apart the several shortmeasure linotypesduring their passage between the trimming knives and from the saidknives to the galley.

5. In a typographical machine, the com- I bination of a galley adaptedto receive linotypes, a plurality of shelves thereon, each adapted toreceive a short-measure linotype, linotype trimming knives, a platebetween the trimming lmives adapted to guide the linotypes, and aplurality of shelves on the said plate, adapted to keep apart theseveral short-measure linotypes during their passage between thetrimming knives and from the said knives to the galley.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a galley adapted toreceive linotypes, a plurality of shelves thereon, each adapted toreceive a short-measure linotype, linotype trimming knives, a platebetween the knives adapted to guide the linotypes, a plurality ofshelves on the said plate, adapted to keep apart the severalshort-measure linotypes during their passage between the trimming knivesand from the said knives to the galley, a linotype lever adapted toswing in front of the galley shelves, and a lurality of linotype pusherson the linotype ever, each adapted to push one of the shortnlllezfiurelinotypes along its respective galley s e 7. In a' typographicalmachine, the combination of a galley adapted to receive lino types, apluralltyof shelves adjustable thereon, each adapted to receive ashort-measure linotype, linotype trimming knives, a springpressed platebetween the trimming knives adapted to guide the linotypes, a pluralityof shelves adjnstablyattached to the said plate, adapted to keep apartthe several short-measure linotypes during their passage between thetrimming knives and from the said knives to the galley, a linotype leveradapted to swmg in front of the galley shelves, ustably secured in anysuch a plurality of linotype pushers adattaehed to the linotype leverand each adapted to push one of the shortmeasure linotypes alon isrespective galley shelf, and means Where y the galley shelves, theshelves on the spring-pressed plate and the ushers may be raised andlowered and adjusted position on their respective supports.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of twoWitnesses. HERBERT PEARCE.

JOHN ERNEST BILLI-NGTON. Witnesses: v

GEO. G. 'DAVISON, A. (l. FRYER.

